The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), in collaboration with the African Development Bank, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, GIZ, the Spanish Development Cooperation and the Austrian Development Cooperation, organised a working meeting on the development of the ECOWAS Renewable Energy & Energy Efficient National Action Plans and SE4ALL Action Agendas which took place from the 24 – 25 March, 2015 in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire.

The meeting was a follow up activity to the regional Kick-off workshop organized by ECREEE in March 2014 in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, where the process of the development of national RE and EE Action Plans and the SE4ALL Action Agenda has been launched. At the regional workshop organized in March 2014, ECOWAS Member States discussed and adopted the framework for the development and implementation of the regional RE&EE policies and the SE4ALL Action Agendas at the national level. Since then, the countries have since embarked on the elaboration of their respective national action plans, based on the validated templates and extensive national stakeholders’ consultation. The national consultants have worked extensively and in close collaboration with the Ministries in their various countries to set up intersectorial commitee(s), Conduct baselines studies, Validate baseline data and are now in the process of defining their national targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as for energy access.

This meeting aimed to determine the progress made by each country in the development of the action plans, strengthen the capacities of the participants on scenarios development and provided a platform for representatives of ministries of energy, national consultants, international backstopping experts and ECREEE to closely work together and on achieving high quality Action Plans and Action Agendas.

The meeting featured the participation of the Ministries of Energy, the national consultants, the SE4ALL Focal Points selected in each Member State to facilitate the process and also the international backstopping team that have been engaged by ECREEE to provide support to the process.